Bug#984538: Upstream changelog does not appear
Package: apt-listchanges
Version: 3.22
I expect the program to show, not or not only a changelog included with
the Debian package of the software, but the changelog that the authors
of the software have included (if any). I call the later changelog the
'upstream changelog'. I initiated an upgrade of a package that I know
includes an upstream changelog. Yet, apt-listchanges did not show that
changelog. For discussion, please see here, which is a page on the
bugtracker for the software that was inside the package:
https://github.com/Yubico/yubikey-manager/issues/396
I have little experience of package management. So what I have said may
contain mistakes. I am confident though that apt-listchanges is failing
to show an important changelog in this case; and so far as I can tell,
the case generalises.
I note also that while 3.22 is not the most recent edition of
apt-listchanges, it is the most recent version that I can easily test,
and I have little reason to think that the infelicity in question has
been fixed. However, it occurs to me that possibly this infelicity - as
I deem it to be - is by design.
I am using Linux Mint 20.1 x64 Cinnamon. Yet, since apt-listchanges
appears to be a Debian project, I file this report with you.
PS: The last time that I reported a bug to Debian, my email address
ended up on the open Internet, and I got spam. I would like this not to
happen this time.
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